Abstract Background Hypertension is common amongst older adults in Ireland and a major risk factor for both ischaemic haemorrhagic stroke. Several studies have investigated the relationship between height hypertension, however results been inconsistent. In our Irish tertiary hospital patients undergoing tilt table testing resting blood pressure measured prior to test, recorded. Our aim was asse...

The sensitivity of the tropopause height to various external parameters has been investigated using a global circulation model (GCM). The tropopause height was found to be strongly sensitive to the temperature at the earth’s surface, less sensitive to the ozone distribution, and hardly sensitive at all to moderate changes in the earth’s rotation rate. The strong sensitivity to surface temperatu...

Body cell mass (BCM) is a valuable measure of functional nutritional status in children. As BCM is related to body size, it is essential that BCM is adjusted for stature when interpreting BCM data in children. Our aim was to examine the relationship between height and BCM in healthy children to determine the power by which height should be raised to adjust BCM for stature. This cross-sectional ...

BACKGROUND Although it has been demonstrated that the peak height velocity (PHV) is a predictive factor of progression in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), little is known about the usefulness of angle progression in clinical practice. The purpose of this study was to establish a relationship between height and angle velocities, as well as to determine if peak angle velocity (PAV) occurs a...

We document the correlations between early childhood health (as proxied by height) and educational attainment and investigate the labor market and wealth returns to height for United States cohorts born between 1820 and 1990. The nineteenth century was characterized by low investments in height and education, a small correlation between height and education, and positive but small returns for b...

BACKGROUND Previously, there were only a few reports on the negative relationship between pubertal growth in height and levels of serum lipid in boys. Detailed information on both genders is needed. METHODS We investigated the relationship between pubertal growth in height and serum lipid. Subjects were 1442 boys and 1350 girls followed up from age 10-11 years (the fifth grade level of elemen...